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MINI REVIEW article
Front. Gastroenterol.
Sec. Gastrointestinal Infection
Volume 4 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fgstr.2025.1526806
This article is part of the Research TopicGastrointestinal Infections in Pediatric PopulationsView all articles
Malaria and Malnutrition in Tribal areas of India: Implications for Paediatric health
Provisionally accepted- ICMR-National Institute of Research in Tribal Health, Jabalpur, India, Jabalpur, India
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Malaria and malnutrition (undernutrition) are associated with poor and poverty. Undernutrition impacts children's general development, particularly the formation of a healthy immune system.Malaria parasite infects and propagates within such vulnerable populations causing anaemia, fever and if ignored death. Further, frequent exposure to malaria and intestinal infections alters gut flora, exacerbating malnutrition caused by poor digestion and malabsorption of ingested food. In India, Tribal people are trapped in a vicious cycle of hunger and infectious diseases such as malaria due to inadequate diet, unsanitary practices, water quality, sanitation, attitude and lack of access to healthcare facilities. Therefore, an integrated approach which caters to nutritional and malaria specific need of tribal population is required for elimination of malaria from Tribal areas of India. This mini-review discusses the problems and their probable solutions for control and elimination of malaria from trial areas of India.
Keywords: Malaria, Malnutrition, Tribal, India, WASH (Water safety and Hygiene)
Received: 12 Nov 2024; Accepted: 14 Apr 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Verma, Shrivastava and Saxena. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Dr. Anil Kumar Verma, ICMR-National Institute of Research in Tribal Health, Jabalpur, India, Jabalpur, India
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